Little Bug

A Quick Note: This is a polished proof of concept demo. The full game was crowdfunded in February 2017 on Fig.co! We are rebuilding Little Bug from the ground up for a full release in May 2018 on Steam, Itch and Gamejolt for Mac, PC and Linux (more platforms TBA). Thanks for reading, enjoy the game <3

The sun is setting and Nyah is lost in the darkening woods. She is alone after her mom vanishes, but finds strength in a powerful spirit she can control with her mind. She'll need to master her new telekinetic ability to navigate through a surreal world between life and death.
With Little Bug's twin stick control system, you can simultaneously guide both Nyah and her companion spirit. Their connection is a multi-situational tool, allowing creative gameplay and fast-paced puzzles.

Little Bug is best played with the left and right joysticks of an xbox controller on a machine running windows, but if you are using a keyboard, use A+D and arrows in place of sticks. Want to mix it up? Grab a friend and try playing co-op!

Press

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GIANT PURPLE HANDS OH MY GOD WHAT ARE THEY AND ALSO WHERE DID ALL THESE CREEPY CRYING EYES COME FROM?" -Rock Paper Shotgun

"Little Bug is a REALLY cool game demo and I can't wait for the full version!" -
markiplier

Comments

Decided to play it after all this time since I first found it, sorry for being so late on it! I liked the game, but, did the game just glitch when it looked as if it killed the little orb firefly thing or is it just my interpretation of it?

Had an awesome time playing it! I would love to hear from you in the near future about a new upcoming project or the full verion of this one! Thanks for sharing your work with us xD Here is my gameplay:

I absolutely love this game! I really can't wait for the rest of the game next year! This was beautiful, challenging, and overall lovely to play! I love the art style, the music, gameplay, and it works well. I really can't wait. Thank you!

Thanks! Yeah, may 2018 is a bit far off, but we have a whole lot we are adding to the game: Story, characters, spirits, jar items, animations, music, UI, etc. Stay tuned and follow us @buddysystemla for updates as we build the game!

I know I am a bit late to the party but I LOVED the concept and demo of Little Bug!

I loved the mechanic of having to control both the little girl and the floating orb separately but at the same time, which adds an unexpected amount of difficulty. The environment looks gorgeous and the controls for both characters handle really well. Even the story seems promising despite not delving too deep into it.

The only "negative" thing I would add is that maybe adding some enemies and some bosses to the game would help flesh it out even more, but I'm sure stuff like that will be looked at for the final game.

Again, I am really looking forward to playing the full version of Little Bug as I think it has PLENTY of promise and potential to be a great platformer!

I made a Let's Play of Little Bug so feel free to check it out and let me know what you think!

Really good game! Graphics were beautiful, gameplay original and fun, cute music and overall memorable experience. My only complains are that the difficulty rises too quickly, there is no real sense of achievment after clearing a hard part and the design of the main character is kinda off. It's not bad at all, it's really good, but the style clashes badly with the design of the world.

Hey there, thanks for the comment. I'm redesigning a bunch of assets and mechanics for the full build. Can I ask what you felt was off about the main character? And what would help to make the difficult areas feel more rewarding? Thanks again for your feedback!

I liked the game. The gameplay is very fluid and fun, though some parts were really hard at the end. It's okay since in the final build is gonna be a smoother difficulty transition. The visuals are fantastic, I really like the lighting.

This game was super creative! I really like the concept and the art style. I had a lot of trouble with a certain puzzle, though, playing on keyboard, and got very frustrated. Don't take that to mean I didn't enjoy the game--I thought it was fantastic.

I played the game and I absolutely loved it!! It's really amazing and so creative! The art is beautiful and it's probably one of my favorite games! I can't stop saying it's amazing! Awesome job, can't wait to finish the game and see what the full version is like! : ) Also I now realized the game is only suppose to be 11 mins apparently, I was too distracted by the beauty of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG1NiVJ7XsE

GREAT GAME i really enjoyed the two characters thing that is indeed a very unique idea ! The visuals where outstanding ! I Really cannot wait to play the Full-game ! i cannot wait ! when is the release btw ?? but for everyone i highly recommend this game if you enjoy platformers ! and even not platform gamers ! here is my LP if it if you still not convinced

Hey! :) This game was a very unique experience! In terms of controlling multiple "objects" at the same time. The intro audio was orgasmic to listen to, and the entire game was visually pleasing! Well done to the creators! :) Please, don't hesitate to have a look at my lets play! :)

Hey there. We have expanded the team by bringing on a writer. She's a really talented fantasy author, so we are super excited about that. We recently uploaded a new demo with updated lighting, UI and some minor bug fixes, and right now we are getting ready to show Little Bug at PAX! We may upload an expanded version of the demo in fall, but right now we are pretty focused on concepting out the full game and submitting to fests. Thanks for playing and reaching out!

This game FREAKING amazing, and honestly can't wait for the actual game I wanna to do a full gameplay of this! from the music to the dark themes, I think this was one of my favorite demos, great job Bela! and company! My experience with the game

I came across this while downloading some other game. It caught my eye a lot, because I was interested in someone else's title (I won't mention that here, because it'd be like advertising) very similar to this, except it wasn't 2.5D and all of that. I must say the playstyle of this game was a perfect balance of discoveries and difficulty to get through the confusion. I love it!

The light ball is programmed to do what you are saying, but alas that "little bug" occurs randomly during respawns. I'm currently working on an update that will include a fix to that, some lighting changes and a local vs mode. So stay tuned! By the way, were you playing with a Mac or Windows?

Windows10.Thanks for your working.And I still have some questions.Is the kid a boy or a girl?Does the light ball have a name or the title "little bug" means it?What are the plants in the bottle?What will the vs mode be like?Or you dont have to tell me.I can wait to see in the full game.

Yeah those are all good questions. I will say that I am reworking a few things and all of those questions will become more clear. The main character is supposed to be a girl, but I chose to not femme her up too much.

While testing your demo, enjoying your beautiful art and your original concept ('cause there are and I enjoyed it :) ), I encoutered some problems. Indeed, playing on a keyboard alone, I had difficulties controlling both the character and the lightfairy and had to quit when those skills were the most required (I don't know if it's me who is terrible, or if other tester had the same problem ^^" ).

Apparently on gamepad (or even in coop) this problem is not a real one, but maybe a message inquiring the player to use a gamepad could help :)

Also, but this may be only my tastes, or it's intentional, I find the little girl quite disturbing ^^"

Except those "negative" comments, it's a wonderful game and I hope you'll be able to make it a full game :)

Thanks for the honest critique. Always appreciated. Players have been commenting that the last bit is pretty hard, but that was a design choice I made for this short demo. The full game will allow for a much smoother increase in difficulty. New character designs and other art makeovers are in the works as well.

Works and looks like a charm. I'm in love with gameplay and waiting for complete game! I don't know if that's something you want to achieve but the game has nice psychodelic feeling wich is what i like! Good job!

This looks really interesting but after the title screen the screen is mostly black (some weird/soft colours around the edges). I can hear footsteps when I move and ambient sound FX, but no visuals. I'm using Mac OSX 10.8.5. I've tried different resolution/quality setting to now avail. =(

Hey there. I noticed this happens on Mac if you have "windowed mode" checked in the resolution settings menu. So make sure it's unchecked. Let me know if that solves your problem, I'm looking into fixes.

In short, TBA. This is the first game I've planned out and made on my own, and it took me a while to get to this point. I have a lot of new gameplay, story and polish to add, but I work alone 95% of the time. I post dev updates regularly on twitter, so follow me @belamessex to stay up to date. Thanks for keeping in touch.